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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.12.5
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23 Sep 2013
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Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
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(ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,
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volunteers, and support companies from around the world.
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The website for the Koha project is
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http://koha-community.org/
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Koha 3.12.5 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.05.tar.gz
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Installation instructions can be found at:
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http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
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OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
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Koha 3.12.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
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It includes 10 enhancements and 49 bugfixes.
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Enhancements in 3.12.5
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Cataloging
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10678 Allow framework selection when creating from Z39.50
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Documentation
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9247 Add two more usage examples to the manpage for koha-mysql
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Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
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10593 AuthoritiesLog should default to yes
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Lists
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7257 Add a link to remove an individual title from a list
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MARC Authority data support
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5262 Authority plugin doesn't copy indicators
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OPAC
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8712 We should use WAI-ARIA guidelines to help with accessibility -OMNIBUS bug
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10743 Add style to privacy rules
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Templates
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10130 Input fields for branch configuration are too short
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10614 Have add order form at top and bottom
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10755 Add "Keyword as Phrase" to staff client advanced search indexes
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Critical bugs fixed in 3.12.5
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Cataloging
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10766 major Cataloging reservoir search broken if UseQueryParser is off
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Hold requests
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10628 major AutomaticItemReturn prevents holds queue from filling local holds with local items
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OPAC
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2394 major Canreservefromotherbranches preference not working
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Templates
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10701 major In transit information doesn't display on the bibliographic detail page
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Other bugs fixed in 3.12.5
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About
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10915 normal About->timeline broken on upgraded Koha
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7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page
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Acquisitions
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9238 normal Fund pull down says 'select budget'
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10028 normal ModReceiveOrder works unexpectedly
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10483 normal Check_uniqueness.pl does not work
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10557 normal GetBooksellersWithLateOrders has an unused branch parameter
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10573 normal French translation for printing a basketgroup
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10786 normal Javascript error on the parcel page: YAHOO is not defined
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Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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10629 normal Inappropriate uses of $sth->finish() in C4::Branch.pm
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10642 normal Inappropriate uses of $sth->finish() in C4::RotatingCollections.pm
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10693 normal CreateBranchTransferLimit's return values in C4::Circulation.pm should be more explicit
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10699 normal DeleteBranchTransferLimits in C4/Circulation.pm needs return value
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Cataloging
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10543 normal False mandatory warning in additem
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10715 trivial MARC21 007 Plugin Editor doesn't load position 01
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Circulation
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5652 normal Patron checkout and holds summary should show subtitles
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10081 minor IndependentBranches error message missing the library name
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Documentation
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10703 normal Add/update database documentation
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8670 trivial Update POD of C4::Branch::GetBranches() to use TT syntax
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10763 trivial Update POD of C4::Creators::Lib::html_table() to use TT syntax
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10764 trivial Update POD of C4::Items::GetItemStatus() to use TT syntax
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10765 trivial Update POD of C4::Koha::GetSupportList() to use TT syntax
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MARC Bibliographic data support
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9820 normal Missing space between 100/700 $a and $c (MARC21/XSLT)
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Notices
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10727 normal Replace carriage return with <br /> when writing hold notices
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OPAC
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10587 minor HTML errors on authority detail page in OPAC
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10588 minor Opac-topissues first branch always selected in filters
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10686 minor Fielded searches confuse highlighter
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Packaging
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10574 minor Remove the message about upgrading to 3.4
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10645 trivial Missing zebra languages in koha-create manpage
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Patrons
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5904 normal Ysearch.pl members improvements (Independant branches behaviour)
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10481 normal No enrollment fee when changing patron category
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10511 minor Odd behavior for messaging preferences with Talking Tech enabled
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Searching
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10741 normal Can not place a hold on an item in transit and for loan
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10704 trivial Search term highlighting doesn't work beyond the first results page
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Serials
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10728 trivial Subscription-renew generates unnecessary warnings in logs
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Staff Client
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8887 normal Search preferences: Strange behaviour with exact matches (default instead of custom favicon used, displays to much results)
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System Administration
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10690 trivial Warn about trailing slashes in description of OPACBaseURL and staffClientBaseURL
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Templates
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9603 normal Fix layout of Patron Card Creator Layout screen for display in IE
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10656 normal Shelving locations not alpha on search
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10716 normal The booksellers template generates a JS error
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Test Suite
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10508 normal UT: C4::Branch.pm needs unit tests
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10528 normal UT: C4::Bookseller.pm needs unit tests
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10653 normal UT : C4::RotatingCollections.pm needs unit tests.
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10692 normal UT: Routines about transfers in C4::Circulation.pm need unit tests
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10710 normal UT : OfflineOperation's routines in C4/Circulation.t need unit tests.
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10767 normal UT: Routines which interact with the table issuingrules in C4/Circulation need unit test
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Sysprefs changes in 3.12.5
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* AuthoritiesLog: changed its default to 'Yes'
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System requirements
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Important notes:
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* Perl 5.10 is required
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* Zebra is required
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Documentation
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The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
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documentation is
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http://koha-community.org/documentation/
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As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
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Koha manual is available:
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http://manual.koha-community.org/3.12/en/
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The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
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http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
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Translations
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Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
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interface are available in this release for the following languages:
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* English (USA)
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* Arabic (89%)
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* Armenian (94%)
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* Chinese (China) (60%)
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* Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
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* Czech (100%)
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* Danish (99%)
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* English (New Zealand) (92%)
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* French (100%)
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* French (Canada) (98%)
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* German (100%)
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* German (Switzerland) (94%)
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* Greek (54%)
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* Italian (100%)
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* Kurdish (78%)
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* Norwegian Bokmål (64%)
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* Portuguese (100%)
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* Portuguese (Brazil) (90%)
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* Slovak (99%)
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* Spanish (100%)
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* Swedish (98%)
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* Turkish (100%)
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Partial translations are available for various other languages.
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The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
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http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha
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for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
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list to volunteer:
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http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
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The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
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http://translate.koha-community.org/
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Release Team
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The release team for Koha 3.12.5 is
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Release Manager: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
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Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
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Installation Documentation Managers:
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Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr>
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Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
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Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
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QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>
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QA Team: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
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Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
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Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>,
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Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com>
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Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
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Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
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Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
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Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>
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Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
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Live CD Manager: Vimal Kumar V.
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VM Manager: Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr>
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Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall <chrish@catalyst.net.nz>
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Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
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Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com>
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Credits
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We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
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new features in Koha 3.12.5:
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* Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.5.
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* 5 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 2 Jared Camins-Esakov
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* 1 Colin Campbell
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* 16 Galen Charlton
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* 3 David Cook
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* 1 Chris Cormack
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* 1 Christophe Croullebois
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* 2 Srikanth Dhondi
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* 7 Jonathan Druart
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* 4 Nicole Engard
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* 2 Magnus Enger
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* 1 Jonathan Field
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* 3 Kyle M Hall
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* 1 Mason James
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* 1 Janusz Kaczmarek
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* 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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* 12 Owen Leonard
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* 1 Julian Maurice
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* 1 Sophie Meynieux
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* 7 Fridolyn SOMERS
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* 1 Robin Sheat
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* 2 Marc Veron
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* 9 Kenza Zaki
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* 1 root
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We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.5
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* 12 ACPL
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* 26 BibLibre
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* 7 ByWater-Solutions
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* 2 C & P Bibliography
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* 4 Catalyst
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* 16 Equinox
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* 1 KohaAloha
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* 2 Libriotech
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* 2 PTFS-Europe
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* 3 Prosentient Systems
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* 1 kenza-VirtualBox
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* 7 unidentified
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* 2 veron.ch
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We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha 3.12.5.
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* 86 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 3 Jared Camins-Esakov
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* 99 Galen Charlton
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* 13 Chris Cormack
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* 13 Jonathan Druart
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* 4 Nicole C. Engard
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* 4 Magnus Enger
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* 37 Katrin Fischer
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* 24 Kyle M Hall
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* 8 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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* 8 Owen Leonard
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* 2 Melia Meggs
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* 1 Campbell Reid-Tait
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* 4 Marcel de Rooy
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* 13 Srdjan
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* 5 Mirko Tietgen
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We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
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please send a patch against these release notes to
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koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
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Revision control notes
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The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
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version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
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git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
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The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.12.x.
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The last Koha release was 3.12.4, which was released on August 23, 2013.
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Bugs and feature requests
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Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
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tracker at
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http://bugs.koha-community.org/
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He rau ringa e oti ai.
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(Many hands finish the work)
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##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 Sep 2013 13:05:42 Z #####
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